CVE-2026-31708
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path smb2_ioctl_query_info() has two response-copy branches: PASSTHRU_FSCTL and the default QUERY_INFO path.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path smb2_ioctl_query_info() has two response-copy branches: PASSTHRU_FSCTL and the default QUERY_INFO path. The QUERY_INFO branch clamps qi.input_buffer_length to the server-reported OutputBufferLength and then copies qi.input_buffer_length bytes from qi_rsp->Buffer to userspace, but it never verifies that the flexible-array payload actually fits within rsp_iov[1].iov_len. A malicious server can return OutputBufferLength larger than the actual QUERY_INFO response, causing copy_to_user() to walk past the response buffer and expose adjacent kernel heap to userspace. Guard the QUERY_INFO copy with a bounds check on the actual Buffer payload. Use struct_size(qi_rsp, Buffer, qi.input_buffer_length) rather than an open-coded addition so the guard cannot overflow on 32-bit builds.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/078fae8f50adebb903ccf2252b44391324571e78Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd757379997b71a328a4b591ffaf481acd0ead1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85fd46ee26a11841c670449508025965f61ce131Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e203dbb5402897c43130fb171a2617008a91f45
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a34d456934fe42e4da5d2cc07787bf418bee99c6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58c5af19ff0d6f44f6e9fe31e33a2c92223f77ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac2f14e4705d020f04e806efa0d49ab8dc2b145fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e66bdc0704977ecee667a81d38255b579c2353d0
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.